Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-15
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home at the poor house at Marshalltown,
Dec 12, with nothing but his night clothes
for protection He wandered about until
overcome by the cold, when he died in
the snow along the fence. No blame is
attached to the overseer of the poor house.
An cight-year old son j. NJ. Hale. a
farmer, residing two miles northwest OF
Mount Etna, in Adams county. was in
derrick near which he and an elder
brother were playing The derrick had
been erected a few days ago for the pur,
pose of dressing beef. A rope was at
tached at the top and extended to the
ground. The boys in their play were
pulling at the rope. and in doing so, pull
cd the derrick with the fatal result as
stated.
John Harrigan. a farmer about go years
of age, a wdower living alone. was found
dead in his house near Ames Dec. IL. He
was subject to heart disease.
j. j. Donahoe. who has been on trial
at Atlantic for the past two weeks for the
murder of Lawrence Dolan, a neighbor-
ing farmer in Cass county, was found
guilty Of manslaughter.
To Hon. Justus Clark, of Iowa city, is
attributed the statement that there is more
capital employed IN stock raising in Iowa
than is employed in all the National Banks
in the United States. He estimates the
bank capital at $685., OOO, 900, and the cap
ital invested in stock raising in Iowa at
$685., 456, 791.
AT Des Moines, Dec. 10, Spencer Lee,
an old gentleman seyenty-one years old
committed suicide by shooting himself.
He was afflicted with cancer of the
stomach and had become respondent
Mrs. w. A. Sorenson, residing at Council
10 and was instantly killed, breaking her
neck.
Stormy Jordan, of 0ttumwa who has
been the most persistent law defer. de,
clares that the Supreme Conrt decision
has settled him. He will quit the saloon
business in Iowa forever.
An express robbery of considerable
magnitude came to light at Waterloo.
Ralph Miller, night operator and acting
agent at the Diagonal depot in that city,
became infatuated with pretty Mrs. Fred
crick Kenneth. of Chicago, who was
stopping there. She told pitiful story
of being penniless. aud the young man
determined to aid her, but had no ready
money and yielded to temptation and stole
a money package left in his care. the
night of Noy. 18th. On the night of the
Both he stole another package containing
800, and Immediately resigned. saying
he was going to st. Paul Accompanied
by Mrs. Kenneth and little child and the
Is year old daughter of n laboring man
In that city, he disappeared, no one knows
where, leaving his clothes in his room al
the Central. 1t is now believed that Mrs.
Kenneth was travelling under an assumed
name. and is in reality procnress for 0
Chicago house of i'll fame. 1t is believed
that the thief is in Chicago, but he is not
yet accurately located
Anna Mohr, aged 81. employed in one
of the hotels at Davenport. committed
suicide. Dec o. by throwing herself into
the Mississippi. 1t is thought she had
been betrayed by her lover.
A Clinton special. Dec. 10. says: W..
J. McMuroty and Jas. Gould, bankers
and stock dealers of Port Perry, Ont,
were met at the Revere house this fore
noon by number OF prominent Clinton
business men to commence arrangements
for building packing house here with a
capacity of seyenty-eight thousand 'gs
The gentlemen looked over all the avail.
able locations in the northeast and after
three visits to Clint IN concluded it was the
best. Ten acres of land was granted them,
also no local taxes fo- ten years. though
the gentlefnen asked nothing Final ar
rangemcnts will be made in February.
The plan: is to be ready by September /,
1888.
A Clinton special Dec z, says: Tues.
day night the Congregational church al
Dewitt, this county, burned, entailing {
loss of SO. 500; insurance 81, ZOO. The pas
tor Rev. Mr.. Chapple, losses an extensive
library. The Sunday School library wa:
partly destroyed. A defective flue was
the cause.
Waterloo special, Dec. z: The jury in
the Brown murder case at Toledo returned
verdict finding Buhman guilty of murder
in the first degree and recommending that
that he be imprisoned in the penitentiary
for life The Jury was out from 335
yesterday afternoon until $3.50 this after
noon. Judge Kline announced that he
would pass sentence on the prisoner Dec
"a. The verdict was received with
general satisfaction by the people. 1t il
rumored that several of the jurors favored
the infection of the death penalty, but
finally agreed upon the verdict as re-
turned.
The Shell Rock News of recent date
| gives these particulars of the terrible
death of Mrs. Mary Strickler at tb,
Buckeye mines. The lady was the wife
of the late Weldon Stricken and resided
at Dawson. She had come to Stauffer'
to visit her daughter and her sister in, law
On Wednesday, Dec. she went over t.
Bridgeport, where she remained up al
night with her sick niece, and it wa
while going back tc her hephcw's. A. II
Cochran. the next afternoon. that sht
| met death in one of its most frightfu
forms. The coal from the Buckeye mine.
| drawn by cable from the pit mouth
up an Incline to the tippie. each trip con
tanning score or more of wagons. The
front wagon struck and knocked hel
down and II and the next two following
passed over her before one of the tipple
men who saw the accident just as II hap
pened could signal the engineer and have
the trip stopped. The frightened work
men quickly rushed to the scene and drew
the mangled remains from beneath the
cruel wheels, that had literally ground
their victim.
William Young. conductor on the
west end division of the c.. 3. & @. rail
road. was seriously injured in wreck
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